Surface Book vs. Surface Laptop Go - Detailed Specs Comparison

• Performance Info
  • Up to 6th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-6600U (2-Core, up to 3.40Ghz w/Turbo Boost)
  • Up to NVIDIA® GeForce® GPU (1GB GDDR5)
  • Up to 1TB SSD
  • Up to 16GB (1866Mhz LPDDR3 RAM)
  • Up to 12 hours battery life (69Wh)
• The most powerful Microsoft's Laptop
  • Surface Book is a high-performance laptop with exceptional power and unprecedented versatility as a laptop, powerful tablet,  detachable touchscreen, and a portable studio.
• Best-in-class screen
  • 13.5-inch PixelSense™ display with 6 million pixels (3000x2000), 1700:1 contrast ratio, and 100% sRGB color gamut.
  • It supports 10-point multitouch and Surface Pen with 1,024 pressure sensitivity (magnet attached to the side of the screen).
• More Features
  • Magnet charging connector, Full-size USB 3.0 port, Bluetooth 4.0, 5MP front and 8MP rear camera.

• The most affordable Surface Laptop. Starting at $549.99, the Surface Laptop Go set a new premium standard for the affordable ultrabook. It has a beautiful 12.45-inch display with touch support. It's a great laptop for students and business users who looking for a simple yet perfect portable laptop for their mobile productivity.
• The Lightest Surface Laptop. It weighs at only 2.45 pounds easy to carry around while having the same comfort in typing with a full-size keyboard with a large precision trackpad.
• All the same ports. It has all the necessary ports you need in everyday use, from the full-size USB-A to USB-C, headphone jack, and Surface Connect as you can find on Surface Laptop 3.
• Powerful Components. It comes with the same powerful 10th Gen Intel Ice Lake Core i5 processor, 3733 MHz LPDDR4x, WiFi-6, Bluetooth 5.
• New Styles. It is available in Platinum, Sandstone, and Ice Blue.
• More Features:
  • 13-hours battery life
  • Large glass trackpad
  • Fast Charging
  • Fingerprint Power Button
  • Dual far-field studio mics
  • OmniSonic speakers

• No backlit key.
• No Inking support.
• No IR camera for Windows Hello Facial Recognition.
• No Fingerprint reader on the entry configuration.
• The base section made from Polycarbonate instead of Aluminum.
• Using Intel UHD Graphics instead of Intel Iris Plus Graphics.
• Low screen resolution (148 PPI).

• Introduced: October 7, 2015
• Pre-ordered: October 7, 2015
• Released: October 26, 2015

• Introduced: October 1, 2020
• Pre-ordered: October 1, 2020
• Released: October 13, 2020

• For Consumer (Windows 10 Home):
  • $549.99 - i5 | 4GB | 64GB eMMC | No Fingerprint | Platinum only
  • $699.99 - i5 | 8GB | 128GB SSD
  • $899.99 - i5 | 8GB | 256GB SSD
• For Commercial (Windows 10 Pro):
  • $799.99 - i5 | 8GB | 128GB SSD
  • $999.99 - i5 | 8GB | 256GB SSD
  • $1,199.99 - i5 | 16GB | 256GB SSD | Platinum Only

• Display Resolution: 3000 x 2000 (6M Pixels)
• Display Density: 267 PPI
• PixelSense™ Display
• Aspect ratio: 3:2
• Contrast ratio: 1700:1
• Inking: designed together with Surface Pen
• Touch: 10 points multi-touch

• Resolution: 1536 x 1024 (148 PPI)
• PixelSense™ Display
• Aspect ratio: 3:2
• Touch: 10 points multi-touch

• Tablet Only: 1.6 lbs (726 g)
• Surface Book: 3.34 lbs (1,515 g)
• Surface Book with dGPU: 3.48 lbs (1,578 g)

• 2.45 lb (1,110 g)

• Keyboard:
  • Full-size mechanical backlit keyset with 1.55mm travel.
  • Mechanical friction attaches the Clipboard to the keyboard.
• Trackpad:
  • Larger size 105 mm x 70 mm, glass.
  • Supports up to Five-finger multitouch gesture.

• Keyboard:
  • Full-size keyboard with a soft-touch feel and full 1.3mm travel.
• Trackpad:
  • Larger size 115 mm x 76.66 mm, glass.
  • Supports up to Five-finger multitouch gesture.

• 2 x Full-size USB 3.0
• 2 x Surface Connect™
  1 in tablet, 1 in keyboard base, both supports charging and docking.
• 1 x Mini DisplayPort
• 1 x Headset jack
• 1 x Full-size SDXC card reader (UHS-II performance)

• 1 x Full-size USB 3.0
• 1 x USB Type-C 3.1 Gen 2
  Supports Power Delivery and DisplayPort.
• 1 x Surface Connect™
  Supports charging and docking station.
• 1 x Headset jack

• 6th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-6300U
  2 cores, 4 threads, 2.40 → 3.00 GHz, 3MB SmartCache, 15W
• 6th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-6600U
  2 cores, 4 threads, 2.60 → 3.40 GHz, 4MB SmartCache, 15W

• 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-1035G1
  4 cores, 8 threads, 1.00 → 3.60 GHz, 6MB SmartCache, 15W

• 6th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-6300U
  Intel® HD Graphics 520

  24 Execution Units, 300 → 1000 MHz
• 6th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-6600U
  Intel® HD Graphics 520

  24 Execution Units, 300 → 1050 MHz

• 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-1035G1
  Intel® UHD Graphics

  32 Execution Units, 300 → 1050 MHz

• NVIDIA® GeForce® GPU
  Maxwell Architecture, 1GB GDDR5 128-bit, 954 - 993 MHz, 384 CUDA Cores.

• 64GB
  eMMC
• 128 GB 256 GB
  SSD

• Wi-Fi 5: IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac compatible.

• Wi-Fi 6: IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax compatible.

• Bluetooth Wireless 4.0 technology

• Bluetooth Wireless 5.0 technology

• Total: 69Wh
  Clipboard: 18Wh

  Base: 51Wh

• Up to 12 hours of video playback

• Surface Book
  36W power supply with USB-A (5W) charging port.
• Surface Book with dGPU
  65W power supply with USB-A (5W) charging port.

• 39W power supply
• Supports Fast Charge (0-80% in just over one hour)

• For Consumer: Windows 10 Home in S-mode
• For Commercial: Windows 10 Pro

• Windows Hello face authentication camera (front-facing)
• 5.0MP front-facing camera with 1080p HD video
• 8.0MP rear-facing autofocus camera with 1080p HD video

• 720p HD f2.0 front-facing video camera

• Dual microphones
• Front-facing stereo speakers with Dolby® Audio™ Premium

• Dual far-field Studio Mics
• OmniSonic stereo speakers with Dolby® Audio™ Premium

• Ambient light sensor
• Proximity sensor
• Accelerometer
• Gyroscope
• Magnetometer

• Ambient light sensor

• HW TPM chip for enterprise security
• Enterprise-grade protection with Windows Hello face sign-in

• Firmware TPM
• Enterprise-grade protection with Windows Hello sign-in
• One-Touch sign in with FingerPrint Reader Power button

• Surface Book
• Surface Pen
• Power supply
• Quick Start Guide
• Safety and warranty documents

• Surface Laptop Go
• 39W Power supply
• Quick Start Guide
• Safety and warranty documents

• One-year limited hardware warranty

Best-in-class support from Microsoft Store

• 60-day return policy
• 90 days of free technical phone support
• Free virtual workshops and training
• Surface price promise